Project Details

Description

BEAR Scotland has been commissioned by Transport Scotland to install a more permanent emergency solution to address slope regression at the Phase 7 culvert outlet along the A83 southeast of the Rest and be Thankful (RaBT) viewpoint. The works will include:

• Removal or decommissioning of the existing interim solution - the pins, spike plates and steel mesh (March 2025 works).
• Install permanent passive ground anchors, socketed into bedrock, with appropriate steel head plates and a flexible steel mesh facing.

These works are currently programmed for January 2026, with the duration expected to be approximately four weeks. Site working hours will be between 07:00 and 19:00. Changes in the programme may result in a change to the proposed working hours/commencement dates.

Traffic management (TM) will involve two-way temporary traffic lights with 30mph temporary speed restriction. A site compound will likely be established in the quarry that has been used during previous works.

Location

The scheme is located on a section of the A83 carriageway approximately 800m southeast of the RaBT viewpoint, within the Argyll and Bute Council region (Figure 1; National Grid Reference (NGR) NN 23696 06942).